Headquarters had today (23)requested help of the Media to find 12 persons including children arrived in Sri Lanks from Italy recently and avoiding quarantine process on corona virus .

They are not even registered at Police stations for quarantine it has been announced .

Police Media Division has issued the details and photographs of these returnees from Italy to the media to publish so the public will be able to provide information of them.These prople believes to be cutrently are in hiding .

positive patient identified in the country on 10 th of March had fully recovered and discharged from Infectious Diseases Hospital at Angoda this morning (23) it has been announced.

The patient a 52 year old tourist guide guided Italian tourists in Sri Lanka had been identified as infected with the virus after he was guiding a group of Italian tourists here .

He was later admitted to IDH Hospital and his family members two are currently being quarantined at their home .His son was admitted to the IDH Hospital with symptoms like headache and phlegm ,however later discharged after being tested negative for corona virus. The Sri Lsnkan patient who had been discharged from.the Hospital is a resident of Mattegoda area .

The first Corona virus patient Identified in Sri Lanka who was a Chinese female also got cured znd discharged from the hospital last month (February ).

p.m on last friday evening (20)in view of preventing the spreading of corona virus had been lifted for eight hours from 6 a.m this morning (23)in all Districts except Colombo ,Gampaha ,Puttalam and 05 Districts in Northern Province .

However this curfew has been re- imposed from 2 p.m this evening and scheduled to be lifted on 6 a.m on this Thursday (26) Presidential media Division has announced.

Meamwhile the curfew that had been imposed in Colombo,Gampaha ,Puttalam amd 05 Districts in Northern Province simce last friday is scheduled to be lifted for the first time on 6 a.m tomorrow(24) and to be re imposed on 12 noon in the same day .This curfew will be then scheduled to be lifted at 6 a.m.on this Friday (27).

According to the new curfew hours announced today travel between Districts in the country has been banned as well as transporting tourists in the island .

Soon after the curfew has been lifted in outstation areas today people had flocked around the supermarkets and Trade stalls to purchase essential goods and groceries it has been reported .

However most people seen as following guidelines issued by the government regardung preventing the spreading of Corona virus including distancing themselves from others and using protective masks etc . according to reports .

During the curfew period paddy cultivation activities are being allowed to carry on according to the government .Transporting of vegetables, Essential goods including Gas cylinders are being allowed it has been announced.

Acting Inspector General Of Police has given permission to bank employees to use their Bank identity card as the curfew pass when going back home after working in Banks after working in curfew lifted hours . Banks are being requested to open around two hours for banking everytime when the curfew is being lifted as well as co-operative shops .

Super markets are also arranged to open soon after the curfew is getting lifted .